Kyle Larson makes another trip to Indianapolis as Brickyard 400 returns to speedway’s oval

Larson’s attempt to run the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 back-to-back this year was foiled by

 

 

INDIANAPOLIS — Kyle Larson spent May trying to become the second driver to complete 1,100 miles of racing in a single day.

Rain in Indianapolis and Charlotte washed away his big dream.

 

 

Now the 2021 NASCAR champion is back in town for the first time since finishing his inaugural Indianapolis 500 with a new vision, a new challenge and a new appreciation for the track’s historic 2.5-mile oval.

 

 

“To this point, I haven’t really had any thoughts about the 500 and what that’s going to mean this week or if I’ll have a different perspective when I get there,” Larson said in the lead up to Sunday’s Brickyard 400. “Everybody there has just taken it from being already the greatest facility to stretching away from the competition.”